-1Love is Like a Coin

Chapter Two: Liquid Diamonds

Dedication This is dedicated to two people whom I don't know and have never spoken to. It is because of these two people I am continuing this story. Thank you Chibi-Silvy and Faerierocker91. If it weren't for you two I wouldn't have continued.

The day was dark and gray. It was probably going to rain. Everyone was on their last nerve, and the last thing they wanted was for the Gods to show up. So, naturally, guess who shows show up in front of them? Zenon and Shien stood in the middle of the road, those casual looks upon their faces. If the Sanzo party didn't know any better, they would think that the two were just out for a walk.

Zenon opened his mouth to say something, but Sanzo cut him off. "Cut the damned speeches today. I'm not in the mood."

"Well then, let's get started." Zenon pulled his gun over his shoulder and fired at Hakuryu, who turned into his dragon form. The group then split in two to fight the Gods. Sanzo and Goku took Zenon, while Hakkai and Gojyo took Shien. Goku and Sanzo were a fair match for Zenon, but Hakkai and Gojyo were having come difficulty tying to get a hit in with Shien. Most of their efforts went to blocking. Hakkai kept his barrier up, letting it down ever so often to let Gojyo try and get a shot in, but nothing they threw at this guy seemed to work. Hakkai's energy began to drain and his barrier weakened. Shien took the first chance he found around Hakkai's barrier and cut his arm with one of his whips. Hakkai hit the ground hard holding his new wound tightly, but the searing pain spread further than just the wound, it engulfed his arm.

Gojyo now stood there, an open target. He knew it, but he held his weapon tightly ready to strike when and opening presented itself.

Both Gojyo and Shien were about to strike when they heard this odd screaming coming from the trees off to the side. They both looked in that direction and saw a black mini jeep speeding through. In the front seat two girls sat terrified. One had short red hair and eyes and was yelling at the other who was driving. The one driving had black hair and pale blue eyes.

"Mayumi hit the damn brakes!" Screamed the red-head.

"I'm trying! But I can't find the pedal! There it is!" she screamed back and the jeep went faster.

"I don't think that's the brakes!!!"

"I'm sorry!"

They were heading straight for a large tree when the jeep suddenly disappeared and turned into a small gray Tabby cat. The two women flew into the tree and then fell to the ground.

"You need to learn to drive, Mayumi." The red-head slowly stood up and rubbed her head.

"Shut up!" The black haired lady stood up as well and blinked as she looked around. Both gods, and all of the Sanzo party were staring at them. "I'm sorry, guys. I didn't mean to crash the party." She smiled sheepishly.

Shien stared at her for a minute and the put his whips away. "That's quite alright. We were just about to leave anyway."

"Yeah." Zenon and Shien then both headed off, leaving the six mortals.

"We're really sorry about that, guys. Mayumi here just…" The red-head's words died away as her eyes landed upon Gojyo.

"Don't worry about it. It's quite alright." Hakkai assured them with a smile.

The lady didn't hear him though. She just stared at Gojyo a trance like gaze in her eyes.

Gojyo looked at her a bit confused. "What is it? Something on my face?"

"Red hair and eyes… A taboo child."

"What's it too you? You're one too in case you haven't noticed!"

"And…"

"And? And what? Spit it our already!"

"Two scars under to left eye, given to him by his own mother."

Gojyo's eyes narrowed. How could she know of that?

"No… a red dot… General Kenren?"

"What did you call me?"

She blinked a few times and shook her head, a bit dizzy. "I'm sorry. I must have blanked for a moment." She gave an apologetic smile

"Sure did, Kana. You spaced out and started talking weird.."

"Again?" She looked around and saw Gojyo. "Oh it's you. Gojyo is it?"

"Now you're really confusing me lady! Who the hell are you!?"

She smiled. "My name is Sen Kanashimi. This here is Mayumi, and this, good for nothing furball-" She picked up the gray tabby cat by the skin at the back of it's neck. "-Is Aiko."

Mayumi smiled her hello as she played with the silver ring with a blue sapphire on her right rings finger.

"That's nice, but why are you here?" Sanzo asked, getting annoying with the conversation. "To me this seems quite an odd place for a taboo child and a demon to be going out for a ride."

"It is isn't it? Well we wouldn't have ended up here if it wasn't for you, I'll have you know."

"Me?"

"Well all of you, actually. We've been tracking you down for months now."

"Why?"

"Oh, I just made a promise to a friend of mine that I'd take care of the cockroach over there," Kanashimi gestured to Gojyo.

"Cockroach!? Why you little-!"

"Sorry, I've already got enough losers to drag along this trip as it is. I don't need you two."

"I'm sorry you feel that way, but I don't care. We're still going with you. We'll just fallow behind you if we must."

Sanzo's right eyebrow twitched, but he said nothing else on the matter.

That night, They stopped at an inn in a small town. The Sanzo part got two rooms, and the girls got a room to share. They got there, just as it started to rain.

Kanashimi and Mayumi got into their room and Kanashimi went to the window and looked outside.

"May! It's raining! Let's go outside and watch it!"

Silence answered her.

"May?" She turned around to look at her friend who had lied down on the bed and was asleep with Aiko curled on her chest, his head nestled in the crook of her neck.

"Ok. I guess I'll go by myself then." Kanashimi skipped down the hall and down the stairs to go sit outside and watch the rain.

She sat down against the wall under the eve. She was sitting there for some time, just watching the rain fall.

"So, who's this General Kenren?"

She blinked and quickly looked to her right with wide eyes at Gojyo. He was standing, leaning back against the wall with a cigarette in his mouth.

"I don't know," She looked back at the falling rain. "Why?"

"When we met, you called me General Kenren. I was just curious as to who this guy was."

"Sorry. But I don't even know. I didn't even know I had said anything."

"How does that work?"

"I just. I don't know. For as long as I can remember I've had these blank holes in my memory. Sometimes they are just a few seconds, like earlier today, sometimes they last for hours."

"Sounds tough."

"You get used to it."

"I suppose so. It's probably for the best anyway."

"For the best?"

"I know there are parts of my past I'd rather forget."

"That's what you say now. But if you had forgotten them, you'd feel different."

"I suppose you're right. It's a no win situation isn't it?"

"I guess so."

There was silence for a while and then Kanashimi got up with a childish grin on her face. She kicked off her shoes and then looked up at the clouds as she ran out into the rain.

"Hey what-?" Gojyo watched this scene strangely fascination.

She spread out her arms and turned around in the rain, letting the rain fall upon her.

Gojyo smiled as he watched her. She had such a childish appearance as she twirled around, her long braided red hair circling her as she did so.

Wait..

Long braided hair?

No. It was short.

Gojyo shook his head. He must have been seeing things.

"I guess you love the rain."

She stopped and turned to look at him, a smile on her face, but it seemed empty. "Not really. It actually makes me want to cry."

Gojyo looked at her confused. "It looks like you were enjoying yourself, though."

"I do it for Him."

"What?"

"He cries for us- for the living."

"Who?"

"The War Prince-"

"-Homura?!-"

"-Nataku."

"The Crowned War Prince Nataku? But why?

"Because we are the ones who must keep on living."

"What?"

"We muse keep on living through all of the pain and heart ache. We must… we have to live for those who are dead." She closed her eyes and shook her head.

Gojyo took a step foreword, unsure of what to do.

"If we don't…If we just feel sorry for ourselves and stop living, then His tears… will never stop falling"

Her fists were clenched and her body started to shake. She bowed her head down and her voice sounded choked as if she were trying to force herself not to cry. "Will this pain ever go away, Gojyo? Will this burning sadness I feel in my heart ever cease?"

"Kana…shimi?" Gojyo walked toward her, unsure. When he was just a few feet from her he could see tears falling from her eyes and mingling with the rain. Shimmering tears like liquid diamonds.

He gently wrapped his arms around her. "It's alright."

"No it isn't. I have to be strong. I have to… or else… He won't stop crying." Her arms tightly wrapped around his torso as she cried into his shoulder.

"I'm sure He understands. You can't be strong all of the time. What…!?" He glanced all around his eyes wide. Joined with the rain now were new drops… Drops like liquid diamonds. It can't be…